THE EXTRACT SPECTRUM
Cannabis extracts span from the cleanest possible solventless rosin pressed from fresh-frozen flower to industrially-purified distillate stripped down to a single cannabinoid molecule. The category contains dozens of named formats — but they cluster into two big families based on extraction philosophy.
Solventless extracts use only physical methods: heat, pressure, ice, water, mesh screens. No butane, no propane, no CO₂, no ethanol ever touches the plant material. This category includes hash, bubble hash, kief, and rosin (in all its texture variants — fresh press, cold cure, sauce, badder, budder, sugar). Rosin Royale produces only solventless extracts.
Solvent extracts use chemical solvents to dissolve the cannabinoids and terpenes from the plant, then purge the solvent off afterward. This category includes BHO (butane hash oil) and its variants — shatter, wax, budder, crumble, live resin — plus CO₂ extracts and distillate.
For purity and connoisseur flavor, solventless wins. For scale economics and precise dosing applications (edibles, vape carts), solvent extraction wins. The premium dab category has shifted overwhelmingly toward solventless rosin since 2018.
